Loving It!!!

Okay so I'm like a month and maybe one week in, and I absolutely love my job! The kids are just wonderful, and they are just so beautiful. The kids are such a strong force, and I love it when they are extubated and are actually able to cry because they want to be held (even though after a while its a little aggravating). PICU is just a beautiful place to be, its like the kids have my heart. I come home thinking about them, and just smile. Working in PICU and taking care of the kids has made me a more positive person. Although in this past month, we have already lost a few, I do not feel as if it is as emotionally straining as I thought it would have been. Don't get me wrong, PICU can be a very sad place and I have cried, many of us have, however, with all the support that is given, I am able to get through the motions. There is already a little baby who I have absolutely fallen in love with, and his parents hadn't come or called for the first two/three days he was there, and I was saying that I was going to adopt him. I meant it! Everyday I'm at work, I make sure to go into his room and check on him, and today he was just amazing. There is also another little stinker who was very playful when I first got there, and today when I went in his room I was talking to his mother while fighting back the tears of just looking at him now. I don't think I could have been placed in a better unit. PICU has my heart I just wanted to share with you all my feelings about PICU.